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Series 4, Episode 3 - Emilie Pine
Author: Listening Books, Emilie Pine
Format: Online
Author Listening Books, Emilie Pine
Narrator Emilie Pine, Jessica Stone
Duration 45m
Emilie Pine, author of the personal essay collection Notes to Self and her recently published novel Ruth and Pen, tells us what it was like to narrate her emotionally difficult first book, what factored into the casting of Ruth and Pen’s audiobook narrator, and the sometimes surprising responses she’s received from readers. There is als...
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Series 4, Episode 2 - Natasha Lipman
Author: Listening Books
Format: Online
Author Listening Books
Narrator Natasha Lipman, Jessica Stone
Duration 49m
Natasha Lipman writes about what it means to live, and live well, with chronic illness. Here she talks to Jessica about the strategies she’s adopted to return her to the pleasures of reading.
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Series 4, Episode 1 - Slightly Foxed Editors Gail Pirkis and Hazel Wood
Author: Listening Books
Format: Online
Author Listening Books
Narrator Gail Pirkis, Hazel Wood, Jessica Stone
Duration 45m
Gail Pirkis and Hazel Wood are founding editors of Slightly Foxed, the quarterly magazine and independent publishing house. As specialists in books that have stood the test of time even while falling out of fashion, Gail and Hazel bring us titles so good, they deserve to be heard as audiobooks, too.
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Author: Listening Books, Tim Weaver
Format: Online
Author Listening Books, Tim Weaver
Narrator Tim Weaver
Duration 23m
An interview with Tim Weaver, author of the David Raker series, available to borrow from our online catalogue.
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An Interview with Rachel Marks
Author: Listening Books, Rachel Marks
Format: Online
Author Listening Books, Rachel Marks
Narrator Rachel Marks
Duration 26m
We chat with Rachel Marks, author of the novel Until Next Weekend, available to borrow from the Listening Books online library.
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Author: Listening Books, Cari Thomas
Format: Online
Author Listening Books, Cari Thomas
Narrator Cari Thomas
Duration 35m
We chat with Cari Thomas, author of the fantasy novel Threadneedle, which is available to borrow from our online and CD libraries.
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Author: Listening Books, Eimear Ryan
Format: Online
Author Listening Books, Eimear Ryan
Narrator Eimear Ryan
Duration 20m
An interview with Eimear Ryan, author of the novel Holding Her Breath, available to borrow from our online catalogue.
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Series 3, Episode 6 - Fiona Bennett and Michael Schaeffer
Author: Listening Books
Format: Online
Author Listening Books
Narrator Michael Schaeffer, Fiona Bennett, Jessica Stone
SeriesThe Listening Books Podcast, Book 6
Duration 43m
From Aug 12, 2021 'My reading experience with poetry is that I'm in the presence of some...body and we're in that kind of potentially ... it might be that slightly late night kitchen table moment where you've sort of got through all the news and the stuff and you actually enter into where you really are, and what's going on, and what you really n...
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Series 3, Episode 5 - David Gange
Author: Listening Books, David Gange
Format: Online
Author Listening Books, David Gange
Narrator David Gange, Jessica Stone
SeriesThe Listening Books Podcast, Book 5
Duration 41m
From Jul 15, 2021 'The kayak gives this incredible perspective on the world, where you are really embedded in the worlds of the species, you're surrounded by other animals, they don't respond to you in the way that they respond to humans on foot because obviously they are so much more skilled in and on the water than you are.' Writer and historia...
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Series 3, Episode 4 - Claire Fuller
Author: Listening Books, Claire Fuller
Format: Online
Author Listening Books, Claire Fuller
Narrator Jessica Stone, Claire Fuller
SeriesThe Listening Books Podcast, Book 4
Duration 42m
It does play huge roles in describing the character and circumstances, but really it’s there because I love food! Author Claire Fuller talks with Jess about her latest novel, Unsettled Ground, shortlisted for the 2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction, and her third novel, the simmering, suspenseful Bitter Orange. Claire reflects on the roles m...
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Series 3, Episode 3 - Francis Spufford
Author: Listening Books, Francis Spufford
Format: Online
Author Listening Books, Francis Spufford
Narrator Francis Spufford, Jessica Stone
SeriesThe Listening Books Podcast, Book 3
Duration 47m
Author Francis Spufford talks about what it's been like to launch his new novel, Light Perpetual, during a pandemic, the many talents and accents required of audiobook narrator Imogen Church, the fondness he holds for his 'unlikable' characters, and why the narrator was especially important for his historical novel Golden Hill. To top it off, he de...
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Series 3, Episode 2 - Kobna Holdbrook - Smith
Author: Listening Books
Format: Online
Author Listening Books
Narrator Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Jessica Stone
SeriesThe Listening Books Podcast, Book 2
Duration 38m
From April 15, 2021 Actor and audiobook narrator Kobna Holdbrook-Smith talks about what it was like to voice Rivers of London as his first audiobook, what he had to unlearn to do voice work and how Frank Sinatra inspired his mic technique.
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Series 3, Episode 1 - Caroline O'Donoghue
Author: Listening Books, Caroline O'Donoghue
Format: Online
Author Listening Books, Caroline O'Donoghue
Narrator Caroline O'Donoghue, Jessica Stone
SeriesThe Listening Books Podcast, Book 1
Duration 41m
'I wanted it to look like how it feels like, and how it feels to be Irish sometimes is that you are in a murder mystery.' Caroline O'Donoghue, host of Sentimental Garbage and author of Promising Young Women, Scenes of a Graphic Nature and the forthcoming YA novel All Our Hidden Gifts, tells Jess about playing with different genres, how some endings...
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Understanding and Experiencing Shakespeare: A Selection of Interviews For Shakespeare Week
Author: Listening Books
Format: Online
Author Listening Books
Narrator Various
Duration 45m
A special audiobook of interviews featuring some famous names in the world of Shakespeare performance. Discussing their experience of Shakespeare at school and how they have been inspired to pursue careers that involve his work, this is a lovely resource for students who struggle with the Bard's works.
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An Interview With Alan Bennett
Author: Listening Books
Format: Online
Author Books Listening
Narrator Alan Bennett
Duration 16h 29m
Alan is an award winning actor, author, screenwriter and playwright. His play The History Boys has been adapted into a popular film as well as receiving 6 Tony Awards for its Broadway run in 2006. The title is available to download from the Listening Books library, number 01451. Photograph c Antony Crolla
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An Interview With Cressida Cowell
Author: Listening Books, Cressida Cowell
Format: Online
Author Listening Books, Cressida Cowell
Narrator Cressida Cowell
Duration 18h 52m
Cressida is the author of the fantastic children's series How to Train Your Dragon. In this interview Cressida reveals some interesting facts about how she chose her dragons' characteristics. You can borrow the book on MP3 CD, number 00164CD. Image c Sam Jones
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Author: Listening Books
Format: Online
Author Books Listening
Narrator Eoin Colfer
Duration 15h 28m
Eoin is an Irish children's author, most well known for the Artemis Fowl series, a set of 8 science fantasy novels . The first book is available to download or on MP3 CD, number 08747CD. Image c Michael Paynter
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Author: Listening Books
Format: Online
Author Books Listening
Narrator Ken Follett
Duration 13h 32m
Bestselling author of The Pillars of the Earth trilogy, Ken Follett's novels are frequently featured on the New York Times Bestsellers lists. c Quintas-Fundacion Catedral Santa Maria
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An Interview With Lindsey Davis
Author: Listening Books
Format: Online
Author Books Listening
Narrator Lindsey Davis
Duration 12h
Creator of the Didius Falco character, a Roman detective, her books have been adapted into highly successful audio dramas for the BBC. Her titles include Scandal Takes a Holiday, number 00689CD and Alexandria, number 02294CD. Image c Mark Harrison/Hodder & Stoughton Publishers
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Author: Listening Books
Format: Online
Author Books Listening
Narrator M C Beaton
Duration 15h 10m
Marion Chesney has written over 100 historical romance novels but she is most well known as M C Beaton for her crime novels and her characters Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth. If you are new to her novels, try Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death, available to download, number 02386. Image c Constable and Robinson
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An Interview With Marcia Barritt
Author: Listening Books
Format: Online
Author Books Listening
Narrator Marcia Barritt
Duration 19h 23m
Marcia is a bilingual author and artist, specialising in the Jamaican Patwa language. You can find Roots Recollections: Caribbean Poems and Folk Songs available in our library on MP3 CD, number 0029CD.
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